Minerality in Wine: Textual Analysis of Chablis Premier Cru Tasting Notes

Figure 5

Mean minerality of principal Chablis Premier Cru Climats (from CellarTracker tasting notes) in relation to aspect, i.e., the percentage of Chablis Premier Cru Climat area facing East or South-East (upper pane; regression slope = +0.0006, SE = 0.0002,  = 0.32) or South or South-West (lower pane; regression slope = −0.0008, SE = 0.0003,  = 0.34). The Premier Cru wines ranked from highest to lowest for minerality (with side of river) were Vau de Vey (Left, 0.41), Côtes de Jouan (Left, 0.40), Vaillons (Left, 0.38), Côte de Léchet (Left, 0.37), Montée de Tonnerre (Right, 0.36), Montmains (Left, 0.36), Les Fourneaux (Right, 0.35), Fourchaume (Right, 0.35), Beauregard (Left, 0.35), Vaucoupin (Right, 0.35), Vauligneau (Left, 0.33), Beauroy (Left, 0.32), Mont de Milieu (Right, 0.31), and Vosgros (Left, 0.29). All wines were between 3 and 7 years of age when tasted.